New South Wales residents lost $4.3bn to poker machines in six months last year – $820m more than the total losses recorded in a similar period before the pandemic.
Data released this week by the gaming regulator found that while the state’s politicians were debating how to reform the sector in the last six months of 2022, punters were pouring billions into machines. The Liquor and Gaming NSW data covers machine profits in clubs from June to November 2022 and in pubs from July to December 2022.
